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Made a trip to Manchester to see the Mantra Live paint and music event organised in part by the masterful Jay Sharples. Initially I plotted a route to the wrong Wellington Mill, Manchester has two apparently,and then due to the fact that my phone is broke, so I had no internet or GPS, and the fact that I am rather special, I managed to get hopelessly lost! End result I had to be guided in by a very helpful friend, though it was sadly almost 4pm before I got there. On the plus side, the party was in full swing and I was quite confident most of the pieces would be finished before my home time 🙂 Trion SR47, one of two pieces he completed, bur Sid was probably my favourite.

Tasha Whittle in action. Jay Sharples, man of many talents. Rocket01, could’t attend on the day so rocked up a couple of days before and dropped this beauty. Catch22Stemfour Chris ‘Bunny’ Howker Furiouspie. None, the devil is in the detail. Kathy Bates being given the Akse P19 treatment. Doodlesndrips with ‘Frank’. More weird wonderfulness from Infected by Design. Qbek, not a new piece this, but brilliant anyways, the bicycles seem to work with it too. N4T4, lovely guy, lovely piece, not sure if he ever got his burger! 😉 Trik9, this fellow is positively on fire at the moment and he went down a treat in Manchester! Pawskis’ lady complete, one of his best ever I think. Foundry applying the finishing touches to Mr Tesla. Seca stunner.Nomad Clan, first time I’d seen them in action, love their stuff. Sorry, don’t know the artist but this was a real piece of work, fascinating watching it all come together.Since been informed the artist is Betarock75, thanks!

Had a good catch up with some friends, hopefully made a few more too. All in all a great day and fingers crossed, I will be able to find my way there without a problem next time, but I’m not holding my breath! 🙂

Izal, king of his own Castle! Eug – Neatness aint my weakness, but f**k me it gets boring! First world problems 😉 No idea who did this but it’s really rather good. Marcus Method x STOG wall for Fifty Shades of Spray, probably looked better without the varnish or whatever it is thown on it, but the quality shines through. Dmak x Cynik Trik x STOG x Hyro x Kisk x Marcus Method, glorious! Dyson, he’s a Full Metal Brother. Rocket01, brilliant part of a wall that will be amazing when it’s all finished. Tofu, probably New banging piece from Form.Skam, new to me, much like 🙂 Bob x Skint x Suek, painting them awkward to photograph places, again!Beautiful Peacock by Moenipulation, part of what is going to be, hopefully, a massive art project in the Sheffield Antiques Quarter. Grips, this is just awesome!Fishy Gums..?Stunner from Mars and Kode.Deap x Dese x Ensa x Narke loving the colours!

Visited a few places I haven’t been in a while recently, some had changed more than others,but all change is good(hopefully), noticing a few new spots appearing too, fingers crossed they keep appearing as fast as the old ones are being demolished!

Once upon a time there was a woman who made an amazing discovery ( to her)… 0f an artist called Phlegm… and the rest, as they say, is history…

A very important part of that history evolves around one building A. R.Heathcote… my first urbex….. . my first hidden Phlegm and Rocket01… my first Fauna… It could even be Phlegms first painting spot, got to be a very early one anyway.

Teas and Booms (I hadn’t got a clue at the time)

Early Clem Alice

Tekonta Secta, yes really. Following a partial demolition of the site, the place became a little more airy,but at least it was easier to photograph the ‘Beauty is a Beast’ in all it’s glory 🙂 The walls were still quite bare, I would visit regularly just to see if anything new had appeared.

Kid Acne was quite a regular visitor too.

But Phlegm was the busiest I think.

More artists began to visit the site, Perms went large.

The Phlegm and Rocket wall was painted over, initially with a Kid Acne x EMA x Drot collab (there were tears, I can tell you!) and then this appeared by… mmm ..I wonder…

Dscreet painted one of his signature owls, I was quite giddy about this.

Absolutely loved this, it was ages before I knew who did it, Jay Sharples.

Mr Wolf, used to be all over the place.

Kid Acnes’ woolly mammoth looking at home in the snow.

Colourful collaboration from Mila K and Color Art.

Never knew for sure, but think this was by Misred.

Two Bob

Mila K

There was an attempt to shut the site off, Color registered his disdain, it was open again in no time.

Kid Acnes’ touching tribute to Okie Dulo, a local club owner who died suddenly.

? x Miso Ryder

Boaster from Nottingham paid a visit as did many others from out of the Sheffield area.Even though the place was renowned as a crack den, it remained a very popular spot.

Angry Face

Xhastexo to the left with an unusual portrait of the Moors Murderers by CoLor and Nameless Nat.

KRSN , from Paris.

Color, EMA, Skint and Sour.

Coloquix Marcus Method Nymph x Sico

Eugene Booms

Skint

J Davies Arts

Xhastexo

Ogosh

Skint

FMB boys

Kosh

Simon Kent

? x sico x Skint xSuek

CoLor Bob

Kresh Teml x Rambo Asap, from the North East.

It was a nightmare going through photos for this, my biggest ever post, I’ll be bound to have put someone out and I apologise for that. I have 6 years of photos from this place, literally thousands. I really had a connection with it, rats,crack heads and all, and I am gutted at it’s loss.

I haven’t included pics from the boards or the Niche wall, they’re worthy of a post on their own though, if anyone’s interested.

Bit of a delay between posts,mostly because of this wonderful piece by Bob x Skint x Suek, which was an absolute pig to photograph, very good though, and really rather clever. 🙂 Dmak, reclaiming what is seeming to be one of his regular spots.Managed to catch the man himself, Rocket01, just putting the finishing touches to this beauty, stunning.Brayk, we can fix you…we can make you fit in. I read this wrong initially as ‘we can fix Ada’, but we can probably fix her as well..Cheeky little chap by Rateone, love this…..and I didn’t fall off the makeshift ladder I had to climb to get it… result!Fox2b, a visitor to Sheffield perhaps, I don’t know, loving this style though. Something a little different from Trik9, the Oak Elephant. Marcus Method x Eugene Booms. Ventured into a spot where I wouldn’t normally go on my own to capture this awesomeness, needn’t have worried, place was full of photographers!Ghost Patrol paid a little visit to Sheffield, nice to see. D7606 x Martian Code, an international collaboration which I really like. Little rays of sunshine. Becoming a real fan of Ogosh, not such a bad apple at all 🙂Kode x Bern, Suicide Bear fantastic, if slightly disturbing..Looks like Coloquix lady is turning to the bottle,not surprising really…

I had wondered if there would be any implications following the demolition of the so-called ‘crack den’ as the regulars there would need a new place to go. On entering this site to visit the tipsy lady above, I bumped into a group of four men, who were just leaving, all looking rather spaced, one clutching a carrier bag and another one of them dressed ….. as Batman…..

Hopefully I’ll be back up to date with my blog (don’t hold your breath) just had my internet repaired for the third time, so for the moment it’s back to being rubbish as opposed to none existent. This is some of what’s been going on in Sheffield. Well he’s definitely back, Hungry Horace rides again….Hooray!! Dala pasting pretty ladies everywhere.Yabba Dabba Doo! Love it, can’t read it though…. although I am informed it’s Deap. (thanks to my secret mine of graff information)Touching tribute wall by Byne for his dad. Dealt x Kosy, homage to Viz. Nice to see Kosy in the city again.Ogosh x Alas much like. Pfog M4 buzzing colourscheme. Gums, very fond of his cheeky characters. Quite like this, Toefoo. Little ray of sunshine, seen a few of these now, always make me smile. STOG x Meth A Trik9, a rhapsody in blue, fantastic! Double Rocket01, does it get any better than this? 😀 Brayk Graff, kind of cute , kind of creepy, a bit like me 😉Coloquix’s lady is beginning to write…and so is her cat, lovely.Osim x Jonas, a cracking combination, always good to see.Mace, absolute banger! JDavies (Kame) 4 pieces to melt your mind. 4eyes, always consistent but seems a bit more active recently. No idea, but I like the colours,some one should give me a job as an art critic…….I’d be absolutely useless! Ha! 😀

After 2 weekends lurking in Birmingham and a broadband connection that keeps feeling nostalgic and replicating the golden age of dial up internet, I find I’ve got a bit of a backlog. So this is a larger than normal Sheffield post while I try to get back on track.

Stickers,some people hate them, I love them, especially when there’s little collections of them, this set includes D7606, C3, Rubix, Zabou and Greenz.Brayk, a man of many words. Double Meth, twice the fun!Byne, been a bit quiet lately, working on a new project perhaps.Like this, don’t know who it is though.Part of the wonderful Rocket01 and Mila K collaboration piece. I adore how Rocket01 portrays these dogs.Kode x Zero awesome as always.Kid Acnes’ ace contribution to the ‘Festival of the Mind’. Mental Mickey by Mars 🙂Pawski and a lady with attitude.Rateone, got a reight gob on ‘im that one! 😉Mace, Mars and Surge gone all skynet on us.Ogosh in glorious monochrome.23, in the style of…answers on a postcard please.. Earth,not seen one of these for a long time.CoLor stages a Yorkshire Referendum…the Arhs have it!Sico x Skint, lush in lilac.Mila K on the shutters of Spaceman, gorgeous.Broke and ? Hadn’t been to this place for ages, good to see it’s still being redecorated regularly.

Rainbow Rambo!Sour taking it easy,yes I know it’s an old one,but I don’t get out much. 😉Wonderful piece by Rocket 01 and Faunagraphic, spent ages looking for this, in all the wrong places.I spied a Foundry piece on his all weather wall. Sico, Skint and Suek freedom wall for Fista. Some keeping it colourful.Found a cheeky little Corpse sticker.Surge, Pawski and Mace beautiful memorial piece.Body Snachaz, Mars alligator. Really like this quirky little fellow.Not a brilliant photo but I didn’t have my tripod, love this piece by CoLor. Handsome chap isn’t he?As if!

Oh and if you were wondering, I recently found a FB page for Street Art Heidelberg that had an H2i production, painted in Sheffield, as it’s banner, I never knew I was in Germany, did you?